Jessica：Hey，吳瓊!你怎么看起來無精打采的!怎么啦?

WQ: 別提了。還不是我男朋友，他什么都告訴他媽媽，連我們吵架都說，我真是受不了了，簡直就是個沒長大的孩子嘛!

Jessica: Oh yeah, mama’s boy can be hard to deal with.

WQ: Wait a second...你說，mama’s boy?

Jessica: Yep. Mama’s boy is used to describe a guy who is excessively attached to his mother.

WQ: 哦，就是什么都要聽媽媽的話的那種男生!簡直就是我男朋友的寫照嘛……Mama’s boy! 那，什么都聽父母話的女生要怎么說?

Jessica: We call that kind of girl Daddy’s little girl. 爸爸的小女兒。

WQ: Mama’s boy, Daddy’s little girl, 真形象!其實我覺得，孩子有這種依賴性，家長也有責任!

Jessica: Yep. I’ve seen some helicopter parents. They are pretty scary.

WQ: Helicopter parents? 直升機家長?

Jessica: That’s right. Helicopter parents refer to those who always hover over their children even when they’ve already grown up. 就是對孩子過度保護的家長。

WQ: 哦!helicopter parents 直升機家長，是說家長像直升機一樣一直在你頭頂上嗡嗡嗡地盤旋!對了，前段時間還出了個“虎媽”，你記得嗎!虎媽要怎么說?

Jessica: Of course. 虎媽 is called Tiger Mom.

WQ: 哈哈，對，現在大家都管這種對子女管教特別嚴厲的媽媽叫做tiger mom虎媽!Thank goodness! My mom is not a tiger mom!

Jessica: Good for you! 好，現在看看你今天都學了什么吧!

WQ: 第一，形容對家長嚴重依賴的孩子，男孩可以用mama’s boy, 乖乖女可以叫daddy’s little girl;

第二，過分關心孩子的直升機父母是helicopter parents;

第三，管教嚴厲的母親，叫tiger mom!